Prof Philip Booth

Institute of Economic Affairs - Cass Business School, City University

Philip Booth is Editorial and Programme Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Professor of Insurance and Risk Management at Cass Business School, City University. He has written extensively on regulation, social insurance and Catholic social teaching. He is a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and of the Royal Statistical Society and deputy editor of Economic Affairs. He has also advised the Bank of England on financial stability issues (1998–2002) and has been a visiting fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University (2010–11). Philip Booth was also extensively involved in the development of actuarial science and investment and finance education in central and eastern Europe in the post-communist period.

Interview by Ozdemir Ahmet - On Thursday 4 April 2013
An interview was conducted with Baroness Molly Meacher at the House of Lords where questions were put out to her with regards to the welfare reforms introduced by the coalition.